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Note.

There are two differences in use of Ojibwe and English present tenses.

1) In English, the present indefinite or the present continious tense could be used to describe a future action, e.g.: 'he is leaving tomorrow', etc.
In Ojibwe the present tense (there is only one present tense in Ojibwe) is never used in such cases; da- and wii- must always be present.

2) But in Ojibwe the present tense is used not only for something that is happening right
now, but also for something that has just happened.
The past tense in Ojibwe is used only for something that happened longer ago than just now.